This is also the question I asked IB but didn't get response for over a month. If it's self-insuring, then IB has to send the policies what to cover. The problem is the risk fee charged doesn't do anything good to my account.
It's the projection for 2017. Spread or not, it's about the strategy, depending on what you trade. In this thread, the topic is about if it's illegal for IB to charge the risk fee. The margin requirements and margin call is for preventing the risk already and IB can leverage the margin...
Good point. That's also the question I asked IB but have no answer. If IB charged the risk fee, and bought the insurance to full cover the tail risk of my account, I am actually ok with the charge. The problem is that IB just wants to charge the fee but do nothing. Even IB says that it as an...
Even customer agreement should abide laws and base on fairness. I totally agree with you that IB should use the margin to control the risk instead of charging risk fee. IB just to increase their revenue and use the risk as an excuse to charge its customers. IB charged me ~15k last year, and will...
Hey, you are not IB, and doesn't bear any legal responsibility for the answers, so you can give out your answer quickly. IB could NOT give me the answers for over a month. If it's easy to answer, IB definitely closed the ticket with the answers weeks ago. I truly believe there is something...
To whom all concerned about IB's margin risk fee:
Don't see many discuss on this topic on web, and this thread has the most thoughtful discussion so far though there is no post for the whole 2016.
I raised 3 simple questions to IB about a month ago, and IB is not willing to give me answers so...